Following the prosecution of Bradley Manning, accused of leaking classified information, Glenn Greenwald warns:
"The theory being used to prosecute Manning would convert almost every government source for newspapers into a traitor. Given that, it's extraordinary how relatively little interest, let alone opposition, large media outlets have expressed about this prosecution."
Selective prosecution of leakers is one thing, but the threat to journalism and public accountability that would come with government leakers being prosecuted as traitors is quite another.
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